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Originally Posted by Pisces
You multiplied your speed and his speed by 10. So the circle is now 170 km for your 17knots intercept speed. This won't work because you are too close. You have to extend the line between you and the target to beyond your position behind you to make it work at these proportions. The circle will intersect the line on the extension behind you. But instead it is easier and more foolproof to make your drawing on a 1 km to 1 knot basis.
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Exactly this. I always used to have this problem in the past. I'd keep getting bad solutions and wondering if there was just an arrangement of ship to contact that made it not work properly, then I realized the stupid meat bag behind the keyboard was the problem.